Unitary Republicans

The Unitary Republicans were a liberal faction of Spanish politics under the First Spanish Republic that existed from 1868 to 1874, consisting of supporters of a unitary state. President Emilio Castelar led the Unitary Republicans, who opposed the fededalist Federal Democratic Republican Party of Francesc Pi i Margall; the unitary republicans claimed that federalism would destroy Spain's national unity. The party was disbanded in 1874 after the restoration of the monarchy.